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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

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The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST Εθνικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης (ΕΜΣΤ)), established in October 2000, is the sole national institution focused only on collecting and exhibiting contemporary Greek and international art in Athens. Anna Kafetsi, Ph.D in Aesthetics- Art History and former curator for 17 years of the 20th century collection at the National Gallery of Athens, was appointed founding director of EMST.
EMST operated, from 2000 to September 2003, on the ground floor of approximately 1,800 square meters, of the old Fix brewery, a fine example of post-war industrial architecture designed by Takis Zenetos. It is located in close proximity to the center of Athens as well as the archaeological sites of the city, including the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum. Currently, the restoration of the building is in progress in order to create state of the art facilities for the permanent collection, periodic exhibitions, educational programs, and workshops. After an international architectural competition was announced, the architectural office which won the first prize and will realize the renovation of the Fix building are 3SK Stylianidis Architects in collaboration with Ioannis Mouzakis and associates architects LTD – studies of technical works Pan. Babilis and associates, and INSTA.
Until the return of the museum to the Fix building, EMST will continue its exhibitions program in the spaces of the Athens Conservatory, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions and finest buildings of architecture in the capital.

Phone

+30 21 1101 9000

Opening hours

Sunday
11:00 - 19:00

Tuesday
11:00 - 19:00

Wednesday
11:00 - 19:00

Thursday
11:00 - 19:00

Friday
11:00 - 19:00

Saturday
11:00 - 19:00

Alkis p

9 days ago

This museum is not still open. Only temporar excibitions. The building is ready though and lookes like it will be a great art museum.
Visited for documenta 14. A nice place to visit if you want to see more than the classical antiqueties in the area. It is contemporary art so it's for those who enjoy this type of art. The documenta excibition was ok ranging from great aesthetical forms to naive meanings. (Other central places for the documenta exsibition are benaki museum at piraios and the conservatoire building).
8€ enterance. I got in free with unemployment card.
Revisited for xieyi Chinese painting. Small but nice exhibition.
Revisited for the New acquistions 14-17 exhibition ( small only one floor)
Revisited for theorems exhibition (it was great. Hope it will become biannual)

Theodoros Yiouras

2 months ago

A great museum of Athens, a new entry that locals and visitors must pay a visit to it. The ambience is interesting, lightning and luminous. The staff is always welcoming, friendly and helpful. There is a shop (crafts and souvenirs), coffee shop and WiFi. Exhibitions are mostly temporary and worth seeing them.

Mar Gia

3 months ago

Nice staff and helpful. Tge strutture of the museum is nice but is a little bit small for a museum... Just two rooms (big ones but still not so many pieces) the price is good 4 for adult, 2 for young people and free for students of art.

Tally Hatzakis

4 months ago

I have heard so much about it I was eager to visit the museum. When we finally managed yesterday afternoon. I was left gobsmacked. From the 5 story building, only the mezzanine and basement had exhibits; a photo exhibition by people in rehab and a Japanese calligraphy art. I found more interesting the 20 staff loitering around doing, well, not much. As nobody else was there, it could have been mistaken for interactive theater performance of the public servant life in Greece. If you are around it is worth a visit, and it’s free: courtesy of the Greek tax payers.
Coming from London, it makes you wonder why the manager of the museum had not prearranged the schedule of exhibits prior to the opening. Is it sheer incompetence or neglect? But even if nobody wants to entrust the precious collections to the hands of some amateur newbies, Athens is bursting with talent seeking a space to showcase their art. They could have easily hoover this art and celebrate it. They could even curated a room on the history of the building itself and it’s brand. Ah and yes. This is the FIX brewery, not EMSK (sounds like Slavic ending). Nothing wrong w the Slavic language but how the heck will anybody remember this brand. This this the FIX MODERN, got it?. 🎁

Georgios Aronis

3 months ago

It s a modern building with plenty of space. The exhibition is not great but there are great potential for acquisition of new pieces of art. There is a cafe in the building next to metro syngrou fix. There are usually temporary exhibitions in the ground floor free of entry.
The staff is very friendly. The main exhibition cosrs 5 euros. 1h is enough for take a tour in the building.

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